Spelling it out

"Was?" Eve asked.

"The novelty of it dulled with time. But ever since then, I reminded myself who I'm doing this all for. Even now… If Hailett was a better leader than me, I wouldn't have… I would have thought about a compromise. But he thinks like we are ten years in the past. He doesn't want to admit that the world had changed and that it will continue to do so. If not me, if not now, but eventually people would've rebelled against him, anyway."

"I'm sure it didn't help that Hailett went for us first."

"Indeed." Victor said with utter seriousness. Then he continued on with his tale.

"With time, I found out that my telepathy works both ways. It seemed like a boon at first, but I soon realised the terrible possibilities of it. I swore to myself then to not use it on humans without a dire need, but… You already know how it ended, Eve."